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The Fourteenth Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis: The Secret White House Tapes First Edition

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A fly-on-the-wall narrative of the Oval Office in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, using JFK’s secret White House tapes.

On October 28, 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba. Popular history has marked that day as the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a seminal moment in American history. As President Kennedy’s secretly recorded White House tapes now reveal, the reality was not so simple. Nuclear missiles were still in Cuba, as were nuclear bombers, short-range missiles, and thousands of Soviet troops. From October 29, Kennedy had to walk a very fine line―push hard enough to get as much nuclear weaponry out of Cuba as possible, yet avoid forcing the volatile Khrushchev into a combative stance. On the domestic front, an election loomed and the press was bristling at White House “news management.” Using new material from the tapes, historian David G. Coleman puts readers in the Oval Office during one of the most highly charged, and in the end most highly regarded, moments in American history. 20 photographs
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  1. ISBN-10
    0393084418
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0393084412
  3. Edition
    First Edition
  4. Publisher
    W. W. Norton & Company
  5. Publication date
    October 8, 2012
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.5 x 1 x 9.6 inches
  8. Print length
    256 pages
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There have been numerous and exhaustive studies of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. They generally concentrate on the 13 days of October that ended with Khrushchev’s decision to withdraw the missiles. Coleman, history professor at the University of Virginia, carries the story several steps further in an engrossing and revealing account. Utilizing recently released White House tapes, he shows that a crisis atmosphere still prevailed within the administration after the apparent acquiescence of the Soviets. Kennedy and his advisors struggled with issues of Soviet compliance with the agreement, the difficulty in coping with a still-belligerent and supposedly dangerous Cuba, and especially with the potential flashpoint of Berlin. Kennedy expressed hopes that the pullback from the brink of war would moderate Soviet behavior in Berlin, provided the U.S. showed similar restraint. Yet, with an election looming, advisors also feared being labeled soft on communism, so strong efforts were made to manage news regarding U.S. approaches to the Soviets. Coleman has provided an excellent analysis of both short- and long-term results of the crisis. --Jay Freeman

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"No family has been better at shaping its own mythology than the Kennedys. Using White House tapes and his own prodigious research and keen insight, David Coleman has painted a portrait of the JFK White House after the Cuban Missile Crisis as it really was. The picture is not damning, but it is human and revealing."
― Evan Thomas, author of Robert Kennedy: His Life and Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Struggle to Save the World

"Amid shelves of books on the Kennedy era, here at last is a genuinely fresh and interesting volume about his presidency. Coleman now leads the documentary team that transcribes and explains the recordings of meetings and phone calls that JFK secretly hoarded. Armed with that evidence and an exceptionally firm grasp of the personalities, institutions, and issues of that time, Coleman skillfully shows us a pivotal year, 1962 to mid-1963, the turning point of the Cold War and of the Kennedy presidency."
― Philip Zelikow, former counselor of the Department of State, co-author of The Kennedy Tapes

"A half century later there are still important things about the Cuban missile crisis left to explore. David Coleman is the first to use the Kennedy tapes to show that the challenges posed by the crisis did not end on the fabled thirteenth day. The Fourteenth Day is a brilliant reconstruction of a time of superb presidential leadership. It is essential reading for those who love presidential history or just remain fascinated by JFK."
― Timothy Naftali, former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, co-author of One Hell of a Gamble

"Illuminates a previously untold chapter about the most dangerous confrontation in human history."
― Graham Allison, former assistant secretary of Defense, author of Essence of Decision

"Fascinating; Coleman brings this remarkable story to life, and his use of material from the Kennedy tapes is particularly impressive. This is the sort of book anyone interested in the period will enjoy reading."
― Marc Trachtenberg, author of A Constructed Peace

"Director of the Miller Center’s Presidential Recording Program, Coleman has the goods."
― Library Journal

"An engrossing and revealing account… Coleman has provided an excellent analysis of both short and long term results of the crisis."
― Booklist

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition (October 8, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393084418
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393084412
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1 x 9.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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David G. Coleman

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David Coleman has been working with and writing about secret White House tapes for 13 years. He directs the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. He's an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia and teaches classes in the History Department on American political history, Cold War history, and nuclear history.

Coleman has published widely on U.S. politics, nuclear strategy, and the Cold War. His most recent book is Real-World Nuclear Deterrence: The Making of International Strategy (2006), co-authored with Joseph M. Siracusa. His articles have appeared in The Journal of Cold War Studies, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and the Australian Journal of International Affairs. He has been interviewed by, appeared on, or been quoted by many media outlets, including NPR, Time Magazine, the History Channel, the New York Times, the Washington Post, BBC Radio, Reuters TV, CTV, WTOP Radio, and C-Span's Washington Journal.

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Johnny Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars The 13The Day was not all!
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We see a good bit of sound history with how prickly negotiations were between The USSR and The USA in The Fall of 1962!!
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D. W.
4.0 out of 5 stars Political Tension is High Here
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This might have been a seminal work if not for frequent repetition of what was left over after the Cuban Missile Crisis ended. Great insights as to how the international pressures remained after Russia backed down, as well as the "what-ifs" concerning Berlin at the same time and thereafter. The rebellion of the press in the wake of the crisis was very interesting and is rarely spoken of today, but it did seem to drag on a bit and could have been shortened or better edited.
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Michael Pigg
5.0 out of 5 stars New and startling info on the Cuban missile crisis!
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This book provides an in depth look at the Cuban missile crisis. It explores other facts that were not publicly known at the time or until recently. I will not write in this review about what those matters are, that will be left for future readers of this book. However, if you are truly interested in the whole story of the Cuban missile crisis... I would encourage you to purchase and read this book.
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H. F. Miglino
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative but Slow Moving
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Most historical books we know how they end and most are not what you would call page turners. Even though I was a young teen in 1963 I do remember all the adults being very nervous. Later on in the miltary I was in photo intelligence so the subject interested me and I am a Kennedy fan. A very scary time in history and the Russian threat in Cuba was much more serious than we were led to believe. The author does a good job laying out the whole scenario but I thought the book was slow moving. When I did read it I enjoyed it but did not look to pick it up and read it, took me quite sometime to finish it.
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T. Ballou
5.0 out of 5 stars Explains some murky history
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I lived the Cuban Missile Crisis as a college student, expecting to be drafted any second to fight the Soviets. This account really helps even folks who were around then, perhaps particularly folks who were around then understand the confusion, fear and complete lack of intelligence and planning to deal with a situation this close to home. Definitely worth reading.
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Jeanette Bavota Kauffman
5.0 out of 5 stars The 14th day was very informative
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JFK ws a highly inteligent, pragmatic individual. He did not gloat over his suuccess & advised others not to also. his continuance insistence against the Joint Cchiefs made him hated by the miitary war- hawks who were not use to being told "N0" over & over again.. Love any book about JFK. my hero & always will be.
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Don Matthews
4.0 out of 5 stars I was there...
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I was stationed with the Army Security Agency at Homestead Air Force Base during the Cuban Crisis. we knew what was going on in the field, but had no idea what the action/reaction was in Washington. The movie "13 Days" scratched the surface, but this book takes the incident to the next level. The author discovered secret tapes from EXComm meetings between Kennedy and his most trusted advisers, in which the details of each component of the situation were discussed. It answered questions and put an exclamation mark on what I had known then was a tremendously unstable period in American history, a time when Nuclear War could have ended it all in a matter of minutes....in retrospect, it was a scary period.
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T. A. Van Kampen
4.0 out of 5 stars The missing link that explains what work lay ahead after the day after.
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2014
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The book that fills in the blanks of all the books written about the 13 days of crisis. The 14th day actually shows that after the agreement that was reached between JFK and Khruschev, the real work had to begin. Several issues such as inspection, warplanes and aftercare, had to be dealt with. It also shows both leaders were ready to move toward peace at a faster pace after this crisis. Unfortunately, time was not on their side...
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It read very easy and explain, also give us a new perspective about the days after the crises and the next months showing us than more problems unresolved was still alive
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Fourteenth Day
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My history expert nephew loves all of these books because he is learning about all the presidents that interest him. These books are well put together and not too long but very informative/ I also read them myself. I am also learning about our founding fathers. These books come highly recommended and so happens that my nephew was very aware of the books' manufacturer.
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